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Site Type | Country (A/D) |
County/ Region | Visited? (A/D) |
Date (A/D) |
Cond | Amb | Acc | Comments | Trip Number (A/D) |
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| Allée couverte du Bois de la Plesse (Nord) | Passage Grave | France | Normandie:Manche (50) | Visited | 19th Nov 2004 | 2 | 3 | 4 | On the slopes of Mont Castré to the southwest of the village of Lithaire can be found a little leisure park surrounding a quarry with lake. From the car park, cross the lake and climb the steep path to the top of the quarry before following the path around the top to the right through the woods. Af... Read More |
201 | 2 |
| Allée couverte du Bois de la Plesse (Sud) | Passage Grave | France | Normandie:Manche (50) | Visited | 19th Nov 2004 | 3 | 3 | 4 | On the slopes of Mont Castré to the southwest of the village of Lithaire can be found a little leisure park surrounding a quarry with lake. From the car park, cross the lake and climb the steep path to the top of the quarry before following the path around the top to the right through the woods. Af... Read More |
201 | 3 |
| Dolmen du Bois de la Plesse | Burial Chamber or Dolmen | France | Normandie:Manche (50) | Visited | 19th Nov 2004 | On the slopes of Mont Castré to the southwest of the village of Lithaire can be found a little leisure park surrounding a quarry with lake. From the car park, cross the lake and climb the steep path to the top of the quarry before following the path around the top to the right through the woods. T... Read More |
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| Tumulus de Vierville | Chambered Tomb | France | Normandie:Manche (50) | Visited | 19th Nov 2004 | 1 | Try as I might, early in the morning on the way to my sisters from the ferry, by driving up and down every lane and farm track around the village, I couldn’t find any sign of this, despite it being highlighted as a tourist place on the IGN maps. I asked a chap passing on his way to work on a bike ... Read More |
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| Pierre Dialan | Burial Chamber or Dolmen | France | Normandie:Calvados (14) | Visited | 21st Nov 2004 | To the south of the village of Jurques the D.577 road curves its way up and over a forested ridge. At the top of this hill to the east of the road is a small picnic site and a signpost to La Pierre Dialan dolmen, highlighted as a tourist place on the IGN maps. Walk about 500 metres along the track t... Read More |
201 | 5 | |||
| Pierrelaye menhir | Standing Stone (Menhir) | France | Normandie:Calvados (14) | Couldn't find | 21st Nov 2004 | On a wet Sunday afternoon, following the disappointment of not getting to see the Pierre Dialan dolmen, my family encouraged me to go and find the nearby Menhir de Pierrelaye, which is marked on the IGN maps to the north of the village of Villers-Bocage.
My first attempt to get to see this 3 met... Read More |
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| Pierre au Rey | Burial Chamber or Dolmen | France | Normandie:Manche (50) | Visited | 22nd Nov 2004 | 3 | 4 | 5 | Perched high on the cliff top near Cap de Flamanville can be found this strange antiquity, situated in the small garden behind a café, right on the cliff edge. Easily found to the west of Flamanville, just follow signs to “Semaphore” and where the road runs out there is a car park and picnic si... Read More |
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| Bretteville Allée Couverte | Passage Grave | France | Normandie:Manche (50) | Visited | 22nd Nov 2004 | 4 | 3 | 5 | To the southeast of Bretteville, just a few miles east of Cherbourg, can be found the Allée Couverte de Bretteville, also known as “La Sepulture a Entrée Laterale de Bretteville-en-Saire”. It is clearly signposted from the D.901 road, and has its own little field and car park.
About 16 met... Read More |
201 | 10 |
| La Longue Pierre (St-Pierre-Eglise) | Standing Stone (Menhir) | France | Normandie:Manche (50) | Visited | 22nd Nov 2004 | 4 | 3 | 4 | In a field beside a small lane to the north of St-Pierre-Eglise can be found this large menhir. It is signposted from the larger road running north towards Cosqueville, but I found nowhere to park up the small lane, so had to return to the larger road to park and then walk the few hundred metres bac... Read More |
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| La Haute Pierre (St-Pierre-Eglise) | Standing Stone (Menhir) | France | Normandie:Manche (50) | Visited | 22nd Nov 2004 | 3 | 3 | 3 | In a field to the northeast of St-Pierre-Eglise can be seen this large menhir, almost 3 metres in height. It is probably possible to get to fairly nearby, but it would have meant walking through an absolute stinking swamp caused by cattle at the field gateway. So I satisfied myself with a long dista... Read More |
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| Grande et Petite Pierre | Standing Stones | France | Normandie:Manche (50) | Visited | 22nd Nov 2004 | 4 | 3 | 5 | In a grassy area on high ground at the northwest end of Cherbourg Maupertus airport can be found these two lovely and massive menhirs made of a sort of puddingstone slab. Originally these large menhirs were related to a large burial tumulus, but during the second world war this tumulus and the stone... Read More |
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| Autel des Druides des Moitiers d'Allonne | Passage Grave | France | Normandie:Manche (50) | Visited | 22nd Nov 2004 | 3 | 3 | 4 | To the east of Moitiers d'Allonne, just a few miles northeast of Barneville-Carteret, can be found “Autel des Druides des Moitiers d'Allonne”, also known as the Allée Couverte de Grand Breuil. Situated near the top of a hill along a small road north of the D.902, this monument can be found sign... Read More |
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| Petite Roche allée couverte | Passage Grave | France | Normandie:Manche (50) | Visited | 22nd Nov 2004 | 3 | 4 | 5 | In the woods around the village of Rocheville can be found the remains of three Allées Couverte, only one of which is marked on the IGN maps, which is known as the Allée Couverte de la Petite Roche. To the southeast of Rocheville is a wooded area known as Bois de la Grosse Roche, and in the southw... Read More |
201 | 7 |
| Pierre Plantée (Cosqueville) | Standing Stone (Menhir) | France | Normandie:Manche (50) | Visited | 22nd Nov 2004 | 3 | 3 | 4 | In a field to the south of the road running east out of Cosqueville can be seen this large menhir, 3 metres in height. It is possible to park nearby, and I walked round the edge of a field to get a nearer view of the stone which is in the middle of a field beside a quarry. It is a nicely shaped ston... Read More |
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| Fort Joret allée couverte | Passage Grave | France | Normandie:Manche (50) | Visited | 22nd Nov 2004 | 2 | 3 | 4 | In a field overlooking the sea, with splendid views over the rocky beach, can be found the remains of this very ruinous Allée Couverte. It is about 500 metres along the coast path to the southwest of Fort Joret, in the Commune de Fermanville, just a few miles east of Cherbourg.
Estimated to hav... Read More |
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| Maupertus menhir | Modern Stone Circle etc | France | Normandie:Manche (50) | Visited | 22nd Nov 2004 | 5 | On the main street through Maupertus-sur-Mer, just to the north of Cherbourg Airport is a large granite stone being used as a gatepost. The stone looks very weathered, and the edges are curved and worn, not straight or with any quarrying marks. It is also twice as high as it would need to be for the... Read More |
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| Allée Couverte d'Haye d'Ectot | Passage Grave | France | Normandie:Manche (50) | Couldn't find | 22nd Nov 2004 | To the south of Moitiers d'Allonne is the community of La Haye D’Ectot, which supposedly has its own Allée Couverte, which is often confused with the above. Not marked on any maps I have, I called in at the village admin centre, at this time of day now closed. Outside this was the community map a... Read More |
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| Allée Couverte de Câtillon | Passage Grave | France | Normandie:Manche (50) | Couldn't find | 22nd Nov 2004 | The remains of a second Allée Couverte is said to exist to the southeast of Rocheville, a few hundred yards from the Allée Couverte de la Petite Roche, just outside the Bois de la Grosse Roche, near the hamlet of Catillon.
It is said to be 17metres in length, southwest to northeast aspect, wit... Read More |
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| Galerie des Forges | Passage Grave | France | Normandie:Manche (50) | Couldn't find | 22nd Nov 2004 | The remains of a third Allée Couverte said to be found to the northeast of Rocheville, in the Bois de la Tombette, at the foot of a hill northeast of a track called La Chasse-aux-Forges, but which are difficult to find.
Well, with my luck at finding these Normandie megaliths, and with a full da... Read More |
201 | 9 | |||
| Pierres Tournantes (Néretz) | Standing Stones | France | Normandie:Manche (50) | Couldn't find | 22nd Nov 2004 | Marked on the IGN Top 25 map as being beside a lane in a wooded area near to the Château de Néretz just to the west of the village of Teutheville-Hague, are these two menhirs, said to be 3 metres in height. However, the lane shown on the map turned out to be a gated private driveway, and so I spen... Read More |
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